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Hold your horses - The Icelandic pure breed

In Iceland, visitors usually want to get acquainted with our mountains, glaciers, fjords, bizarre delicacies, hot dogs and even volcanoes.
Chocolate Easter eggs decorated with yellow chicks on a production line in an Icelandic chocolate fa…

Facts about the Icelandic Easter eggs

In the weeks before Easter, supermarkets in Iceland are filled with Easter eggs of all sizes. An Icelandic Easter egg has a few quirks that make it different to other chocolate eggs: it is usually topped with a small yellow chick, filled with Icelandic sweets, and inside each one is a málsháttur, a traditional proverb printed on a slip of paper. Easter eggs are traditionally given to children on Easter Sunday and often, parents hide the egg in either the home or the garden to provide an exhilarating Easter egg hunt. Adults also often exchange Easter eggs.
Illustrated overview of the 13 Icelandic Yule Lads with Grýla and Leppalúði, showing the date each l…

Are you familiar with our Yule Lads?